Spooner Wisconsin — March 1953

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J . IOURC! 4. NUMIIIt 0' OIJICn 6. TYIII 0' OISIItVATtON 9. PHYSICAl. EVIDIMCI I. LOCATION 11. CONCLUSION U. llttlfl IUMMAitY A .. AMALYitl 20. Draw a picture th nt will show the motion that the object or objects made. Place an "A at the beginning of the path, a o at the end of the path, and show any changes In direction during the course. 21. IF POSSIBLE, try to gueas or estimate what the real size of the object was in its longest dimension. 22. How large did the object objects appear as compared with one of the following objects helc/ in the hanc:l and at about arm's length? (Circle One): a. Head of a pin d. Jiiekel e. (Quarter; f. Hartcfollar g. Silver dollar i Grapefruit j. Basketball 22.1 (Circle One of the following to indicate how certain you are of your answer to Question 22. c. Not very sure How did the object or objects disappear from view?L<:?:-L"= &. 0.< rj= -~ ."1 .r~:/(." Jj~ 24. In order that you con give os clear a picture as poulble of what you saw, we would like for you to Imagine that you c o uld construct the obiect that you sow. Of what type matarlol would you make It? How lorSie would It bo, and what shape would It have? Describe In your own words o ~ommon object or objects which when placed up in the sky would give tha aame appearance os the obiect which you sow 25. Whore were you l~coted when you $OW tho object? (Circ:le OnoJ: a. lnalde a building c. u:Jo;i) d. inan a1rplnne 26. Were you (Circle One) In the business section of a city? In the residential section of o city? In open countryside? Flying near on airfield? Flying over a city? Flyin~C}ver op~n c9yntry? ---- 27. What wore you doing at the time you saw the object, and how did you happen to notice It? 7:.. IF you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the time, then complete the following questions: 28.1 What direction were you moving? (Circle One) a. North c. East e. South g. West b. Northoast d. Southea s t h. Northwest 28.2 How fast were you mo1ing? ---------miles per hour. 28.3 Did you stop at any time while you wero looking ot the object? (Circle OneJ Yes No 29. What direction were you looking when you first sow the obiect? (Circle One} b. Northeast d. South~ast e.l_South " f. Southweat 30. What direction were you looking when you las t saw the object? (Circle One) a.\ North. b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest h. Northwest 31. If you oro familiar with bearing terms (angular direction), try to estimate the number of degrees tho object was from true North and also tho number of degrees it was upward from the horizon (elevation). 31.1 When It first appeared: a. From true North ------degrees. b. From horizon degrees. 31.2 Whon it disappeared: a. From trus North-----degrees. b. From horizon degrees. 32. In the followln; sketch, imagine that you are at the point ahown. Place an A" on the curved line to ahow how high tho object woa above the horizon (skyline) when you first saw it. Place a "B" on the same curved line to thaw how high the obiect was above t he horizon (skyline) whan you last aaw it 33. In the following larger sketch place an "A" ot the position the obiect was when you first sow it, and a "B" at its position wh,n you lost saw it. Refer to smaller sketch os an example of how to complete thG larger sketch 34. What wor~ the weather conditions at the time you saw the oblect? 34.1 CLOlDS (Circle One) c. Scattered c loucls 4. Thick or heavy clouds e. Don't remember 34.3 WEATHER (Circle One) b. f!og, mist, or light rain c. Moderate or heavy rain Don't remember 34.2 WIND_tCircle One) a. (No wind. b. SITgllt IM-eeze c. Strong wind d. Don't remember 34.4 TEMPERATURE (Circle One) e. Don't remember dlcl you report to some official that you hod seen the object? Month Year Was anyone else with you at the time you saw the object? (Circle One) .:!.!;_s) No 36.1 IF you answered YES, did they see the object too? (Circle One) Q!~ No Please list their names and addresses: Was this the first time that you had seen an object or oblects like this? then when, where, ~nd urder what circumstances did you ... other ones? , 38. In your opinion what do you think the object was and what might have caused it? 39. Do you thlnlc you can estimate the peed of the abiect? (Circle One) Yes tHo,) IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimate? 40. Do yau thlnlc you can estimate how far away from you the obiect was? (Circle One} Yea lNo / IF you anawered YES, then how far away would you say It waa? 41. Please give the following Information about yourself: City' Zone TELEPHONE NUMBER What Is your present job? Ploase Indicate any special educational training that you have had. Grade school b.(tfigh school Post graduate 42. Date you completed this questionnaire: Technical school Other special training U. S. A I R F 0 R C I TIC H HI CAL I H P 0 R MAT I 0 M SHE E T In order thot your Information may be filed ancl codecl aa accurately aa po11ible, please use the follawlng apace ta write out a ahort deacrlptlan of the event that you observed. You may re peat Information that you have already given fn the queationnafre, ancl aclcl any further comments, atatemente, or alcetchea thot you bellwe are Important. Try to present the detaila of the observa In the order in which they occurred. Aclclltlanal pagea of the same size paper may be attached If they are needetl. SIGNATURE ' (Do Hat Write In This Spoce) L\U!JtSOS Mc)ULU:II ORSlVATOR\' lst Lt. Hobart Olsst)n ~V"rieht-Pattcrson AFR. Dear Lt. Olsson; THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY HowAkD L. Dt:\'11, l'wtiJcnl COLUMBUS 10 This is B belated report on the last batch which I received at the end or April. Just as soon as our plans for eroployine Miss Gluck officially go throur,h, I sh".11 be ablP. to send you a sheet with corrwents .dn each individun.l c:;.~e, so that you Ydll have my comicents on each folder. The letter method ~n h~s obvious dr;).rrbacko. But until that time comes and she can handle my typine and cor.tplotion of forms, I had better stick to this letter method. In this latest batch we have only 4 really interesting cases. I r.1ii~ht cention a 5th, 28 1-~arch 53, Scott AFB, v;hich is the lst report I seen o:r an honest to coociness r.1ir.:1t:e. 6 Cases have only one observer and I following my usual rule of discountine those. 8 J.pril was a r:tet~o::'. The Ore at Fall. 3 J.._ori case was Venus if reported tirlef \'tas in 28 Uarch Albrook AFB ' 'laS pr/obably Venus. )1 !'nrch Jlonshu, nnd 30 !.iarch I~yle ''!ash., are puzzline but could possibly have been balloons. p_!il Greenland cc:.se was an obvious meteor. This brings-us to the :i.ntera:Jting cases: 25 !.!arch Can Antonio could hardly have been a mirae~ D.nd I 'rn surprised there was no racl:1r picl~up. .~:as there any aircraft like helicopters that m:!tt. explain this. An:'rthi.ng more come in on this one? Don t thi~k this is r,ood enou for a pinch-bottle but it should be li~ted as Nocturnal ::~eanderi!'lp, itight.- 29 Harch Spoon~r, . .ri~c' Duration times needs ch3cking here. H:7nd to b~lieve l"X.:it-object could have done all that in 1.5 second:;. An intcr,3sting case and one of the regular quostiontt~es should be sent to J1!r. Gilet te. l~ext is the 12 April S.tcad AFB. I think this is the most. interesting casQ of the batch, and I hope you receive ~ore dope on it. Questionaires ibould be scnt.I d lika to see l.ienzel explain this one! Is there any possibility thatthest:l could hav3 been airq.:ya-~t? J..ppa ntl~ ducks have been eliminated. Equasseur AFB although.l,'HL, tho data aro ~con tradic\-.;: oy a.::d-"l.nsuffici ~ Perhap:J this was a helicopter? We oueht to !:z:: have much mora infor~ation on this one. Has this been received? ~li)f= 1 Ba DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INT~RV :. : . ))BCLl\.SSU'IED AFTEH 12 Y.C.Ar..S . JEDtTP JDEN JEDKF 444 ? Z322Z J'Z ZNJ FN CC 31ADIV ST PAUL 11 HINN TO JI!:PHO/D/I USAF WAc;H D C r UNCLAS.$1f:IED J~m;p/CG ... t\TIC ~Titll;liT PATTERSON AFB OHIO JJ~nr.:NtcG Anc coLon ADo =>PRING<> coLo no' mJi~rtJ ;F;.:~;~ .. YI!.~\~._, DOD DIU u200.l0 StDi<F /CG CAD F KS C iiO /WD 2415 FLYOBRPT COLON THE FOLLOWING REPORT WAS RECZIVED AT THIS HADQU1\RTER'1 THREE APRIL FIVt: THREE FRO iliSTER CMA WISCONS IN PD PAR ONE PD OBJECT APPEARED TC DE A CIRCULAR ALU!l!tJUH COLO!U.:D DISC AP?RO:~I ATELY OiJE HALF THZ ')IZE OF THE NOON AND AT A VE11Y HIGH ALTITUD.S PD THi~ SlZE AND SHA?E OF THI S OBJECT NEVER VAI R"2D PD IT HA3 OBSERVED F0!1 APPROXIilATELY ON;:: FIVE SECOt!DS DUR IUG tH[I CH TH1E IT ~J AS TRf\Vl!:LI NG. AT A VERY HIGH RAT OF SPEED FR0!1 SOUTH TO NORTH CMA REUTR!~ED TO THE ~OUTH C~lA HEVERSED ITS DIRECTION AND \ 1AS LAST OBSi:RVED HEADING NORTH PD PAR T'JO PD T!HE OF SIGHTING Ci1A T'.JO ONE FOUR-FfV~ ZEBRA T\10 NINZ ttARCH ONE t!!~! FIVE T:-t~e:i~ ~)D P.'\F{ TX:~rV PP \ll~UJ\LLY OD~ERVED BY FOUR PER50NS PD UNClASSIFIEO PAR FOUH PD SIJ: AND ONE HAJ.F f11Lt~ E/\ST PF ~POONEH Ct~A Hic::coN~IN BY OBSER~TATIC~ C~1A MISTER Cf1A )POONER C!JA \JI':"COtr;ItJ Pl) THI OB~LRVI::R 11/iD o:::~2RVE.D A Slt-iiLIAR OBJECT AT S?OONFR CilA HI~CCN-=-In IN OrJE NINE Tl.RI:J:: F.l(;HT PD FAR :,r x PD tJE/\THr:R ~!AS CLEAR TO THH1 Ll:GliT CI~!C:U~ . CLOUD~; Tit110UGH HHICH BLUE SKY \-JA) VI~'IGLE PD UltlD~ t.LOFT OHE LICHT ZERO ZERO ZERC FEET Tli?.LE FOUR ZERO DEGRZEc; AT FIVE ZEHO K!,lOTS. en.~ T HnF.F. ZF.RO ZERO ZERO ZERO FEET T HR[Jo. TtJO ZF.R 0 DI:GRE Eo; AT EIGHTY Ktl OTS Ct1A FOUR ZERO ZI:RO ZERO ZE~O FEET THREE T~JO ZEHO DEGP.!~r:-; 1\T SEV~:11 L'ERO t<NOTr.; PD PAR SEVEN PD NOtJfo: p,~n EIGHT PD nor~S FAR tHtlE PD Non;.: PAR TEN PD UNK~O~fN PD END 04/19~6: APR JZDNG A DO\VNGRADED AT , , ,. . DECLASSIFIED A3F .~n~Rl2L, 7~ ,.- .lJNCLASSIF.IED '~C:: !.;hi , .\.ir iuclmic~l IntolJ.i;~unce Cent~..,. \'iright-l.,a. tt~:l'non Air ~?o rco ::: ~'.:~l:: AF FOIM111 AI'"I"MOVID I JUNI 1 .. (1: YE BLANK) "'11?!YCLAS5if lt:. AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ::.Hi~tA o! iaflOn!lin il'} ~lst. A')iv SUMMARY: (A'Itlfr euebt "'"'"'"' tl/rt,.,_ QtH ,,..~ f p.l 0111-MIIIIIU ,.,.,.,... ffl f11donrt1 at lu It/f. B(ffra krf l(rtJ*t 011 AI' letM llt-lo~t 11.) Hr. ol S~r, vi1aconaln rapQI"tecl a circular alusdn"Wl diao :..ppro.xi:l&tel.T one halt C?~J the alae ot tbe moon a.rM1 at a -y.- 1 ni6h o.l:Ol: #ude. 'i'h-t si.~ o:C the obj~c~ nenr vmtJd. It waa obaa:.'""fad !:lr n::~lloo:d:,'\&~1;( lii~oen (15) :.;~conJa duri;13 which tii:le it wss tca'V'8ling ut a "r~r-f hl6h .rate o! ~k)ed i'roJa 30Ut.h to f:')rl;b., ratum.ci to the sout.h then r,l"'/8~sed i t a .lirection O! travel a.--d w-r..s l~at. observed hsad.'.ng north. Cbject ~.:a3 ;;l.,::,ht.ad at 2145t :~'.ar !13 t.el;( .;tx and ona half ( 61) m.ilJtt ~;.l.st oi' :1pvon~r, ' 1u- conii.l. Thu obj~ct w~a ob~'drveJ nsually b~r our (J.) pa1--:1or:3 .-.rho .,4t, th~ tir.l or si:;hting we~ in3talling an nn~.a:n.'1&. :ir. h :1a h.iu no p~vious t!X~jeridnee in PJ.rcraf't r-.lcognitiou, hl)'.;a"f~r ~1j had ob rv3d oL.""l- iliar obj~ct at Zpooner in l?JS. \.;a:,ta~r -...:13 cl:la~ to lizjlt ci-rru3 clolld5 thou;Jh 'Which blue s~-ty 1.'i9.S vl~ibils. .. ima alvft 18 000 fej~t, 3L~o0 de~ree3 P.t fifty (50) knoC.3 COO !tJat., }20 d ::ee"t at e).~l)ty (30) knot%3 ~arallf'? ~ Preparing Of'!icera Cui...~ R. Gil~ 1st. Lt., U~AF Dil~Ot\lr ot lutellig nc DisfiUMm~lio.i~MTO~.------